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Dr Kieran Breen on the supply and manufacture of medication
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Two thirds of Parkinson’s patients do not get their medication on time
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Depression may be common among PwPs, but it's not a sign of weakness
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Ask the expert: How will Brexit affect Parkinson’s drugs and research?

Dr Kieran Breen on the supply and manufacture of medication

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Parkinson's hospitals

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Are UK hospitals safe for people with Parkinson’s?

Two thirds of Parkinson’s patients do not get their medication on time

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Parkinson’s and depression: it’s not all in your mind

Depression may be common among PwPs, but it's not a sign of weakness

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Prostate drug could “change the lives of people with Parkinson’s”

The drug could slow down and stop Parkinson’s progression

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sex and Parkinson's

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Regular sex improves Parkinson’s symptoms for men, study finds

Regular sex can lessen effects of Parkinson’s in men

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Testing on animals

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Parkinson’s and animal testing: the case against

In the second in our series, we explore the debate

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animal testing

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Do we have the right to test Parkinson’s medications on animals?

We explore the debate surrounding Parkinson’s and animal testing

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fitness

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Age, smoking and lack of fitness increase risk of Parkinson’s

More than 7300 male veterans took part in the study

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compulsive behaviour

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Parkinson’s drugs may lead to compulsive behaviours such as gambling

The study tested 411 people over a three year period

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Head injury

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A single head injury could increase risk of Parkinson’s

A study has found a link between head injuries and Parkinson’s

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STEP – The lived experience of Parkinson’s disease

STEP™ hopes to give a voice to people living with Parkinson’s

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Parkinson’s prevalence expected to increase by 18% in next seven years

Aging UK population could see increase in Parkinson’s over time

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Parkinson's pandemic lead

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Neurological disorders – including Parkinson’s – are leading source of disability globally

Parkinson’s is world’s fastest growing neurological disorder

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£16,000 a year: the hidden price of Parkinson’s

Research reveals the monetary cost of Parkinson’s for UK families

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Muhammad Ali’s death “has raised Parkinson’s awareness”

Muhammad Ali’s legacy lives on

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Bloem, Okun, Lindvall

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How close are we to a Parkinson’s breakthrough? Three experts have their say

Renowned experts give their opinions on the next breakthrough

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100 for Parkinson’s: patients suffer lower moods, higher stress levels and poorer sleep quality

Latest findings from 100 for Parkinson’s study released

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Sniffer dogs lead

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Paws for thought: dogs sniff out Parkinson’s disease with 90% hit rate

Dogs have been trained to sniff out Parkinson’s disease

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100 For Parkinson's lead

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High blood pressure, arthritis and depression are most common conditions in Parkinson’s patients

“We cannot gather too much data”

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PD UK survey

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More than a third of Parkinson’s patients hide symptoms “out of fear or shame”

Parkinson’s patients “too afraid” to reveal diagnosis

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Pyhsiotherapy APPDE

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Why we should treat this ‘damaging’ study on physiotherapy in Parkinson’s with caution

President of APPDE calls PD REHAB trial “damaging”

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How virtual reality is giving Parkinson’s patients a ‘disease-free’ Second Life

Second Life: a (virtual) world without Parkinson’s

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Are we too focused on the search for a Parkinson’s cure?

We ask Parkinson’s experts for their views on this controversial debate

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Lewy body dementia: “The worst of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s together”

Shedding light on the dementia often mistaken for Parkinson’s

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“Brain Surgery Live is a modern medical miracle the public deserved to see”

Exposure for such modern miracles is crucial, argues Justin Rossi

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The future generation of advanced therapies for Parkinson’s

Dr Kieran Breen explores the potential of stem cell & gene therapies

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Neurologists should be ‘guides not gods’ – Part 2

Top expert Bastiaan Bloem argues the case for a more holistic approach

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Neurologists should be ‘guides not gods’ – Part 1

Why physicians need to come down from their 'ivory towers'

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Students develop wearable device to track Parkinson’s tremors

A wearable device has been developed to monitor Parkinson’s tremors and their severity through the tracking of body movements. The device – Tremor Tracker – was created by two students, Julie Gaudin and Elizabeth Hummel, at Louisiana Tech University, US, as part of a design class project. The students designed an algorithm using data recorded from volunteer participants at Rock Steady, a boxing programme for people with Parkinson’s. They then applied the algorithm to a GENEActiv, a wrist-worn device that has been scientifically validated for clinical research. Hummel, co-creator of the Tremor Tracker, said: “Through supervised machine learning, the device predicts whether a patient’s tremors are parkinsonian or non-parkinsonian, as well as the severity of these tremors. A quantitative analysis of parkinsonian tremors provides a more detailed disease state.”

1 week ago

Can awakening dormant neurons reverse Parkinson’s motor symptoms?

Reawakening dormant neurons could help reverse Parkinson’s motor symptoms, researchers in South Korea have found. While Parkinson’s is typically believed to be caused by neuronal death, a new study – published in ‘Current Biology’ journal – suggests that dormant neurons could be another cause. After completing an animal test – which treated the subjects with two compounds that block dopamine-producing neurons from becoming dormant – the researchers found these neurons to be “awakened”, allowing them to resume dopamine production. The researchers hope that this will lead to a disease-modifying treatment, especially for people in the early stages of Parkinson’s. Hoon Ryu, a senior author of the study and researcher at KIST Brain Science Institute, South Korea, said: “This research refutes the common belief that there is no disease-modifying treatment for Parkinson’s due to its basis on neuronal cell death.”

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2 weeks ago

Parkinson’s could be present from birth, study finds

Parkinson’s may be present from birth in younger people with the condition, new research has found. The study – conducted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, US, and published in ‘Nature Medicine’ journal – used induced stem cells from people with young-onset Parkinson’s, to grow dopamine-producing neurons and observe them for early warning signs of the condition. An abnormal pile-up of protein was found during the neurons’ development, including alpha-synuclein; which occurs in Parkinson’s. The scientists conjecture that Parkinson’s symptoms appear when the pile-up continues over 20 or 30 years. The team also found that the drug PEP005 – currently used against skin precancers – could help treat the condition. Michele Tagliati, vice chair and professor at Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Neurology and the study’s co-author, said: “This exciting new research provides hope that one day we may be able to detect and take early action to prevent this disease in at-risk individuals.”…

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